135g tank: Want To Remove Fuge

happyclam · 09/12/2010, 10:53 AM

Hey everyone!

I have a 135g RR set-up from Glasscages.com (includes their 38g sump like the ones shown on this page: http://www.glasscages.com/?sAction=CustomPageSumpTanks )

Right now I have a Tunze 9010 skimmer in the first chamber and a fuge in the second chamber. I would like to remove the fuge so I could put the skimmer in the second chamber, making maintenance easier on skimmer.

Is it OK if I remove the fuge all at once? I didn't want to shock the system or anything.

Thanks!

Sisterlimonpot · 09/12/2010, 12:11 PM

Do you have sand in the fuge? if so how deep is it? If it's less then 3" deep you can remove it all at once. they only thing I would suggest is, to take it all out and allow things to settle in the sump before turning things back on.

thegrun · 09/12/2010, 12:48 PM

You may want to throw in an extra water change after 3 or 4 days. I personally think I get more benefit from my refugium than my skimmer, but if you watch your feeding for a week, the biological filtration of the tank should catch up with the new load if you remove the fuge.

09/12/2010, 10:53 AM	#1
happyclam Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,012	135g tank: Want To Remove Fuge Hey everyone! I have a 135g RR set-up from Glasscages.com (includes their 38g sump like the ones shown on this page: http://www.glasscages.com/?sAction=CustomPageSumpTanks ) Right now I have a Tunze 9010 skimmer in the first chamber and a fuge in the second chamber. I would like to remove the fuge so I could put the skimmer in the second chamber, making maintenance easier on skimmer. Is it OK if I remove the fuge all at once? I didn't want to shock the system or anything. Thanks!

09/12/2010, 12:11 PM	#2
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09/12/2010, 12:48 PM	#3
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	You may want to throw in an extra water change after 3 or 4 days. I personally think I get more benefit from my refugium than my skimmer, but if you watch your feeding for a week, the biological filtration of the tank should catch up with the new load if you remove the fuge.